Make Your Own Paper Pumpkins This Halloween
Pumpkin carving can be a messy affair. It’s time consuming and difficult, but a must at Halloween. Unless… you make paper pumpkins instead! Use your papercrafting skills to whip up some beauties...
Can you tell we’re going through a phase at HQ? Following on from our post last week, What Is Quilling Anyway?, we’re bringing you a showcase of some of the most mindblowing quilled art the internet has to offer. Seriously, if you aren’t impressed we’ll eat our figurative hats.
1. This Swirly Squirtle
Credit: Wholedwarf
Is anyone else thinking water and paper don't usually mix?
2. This Perfectly Shaped Vase
Credit: Christine Donehue
Most impressive of all is how much patience this took.
4. This Filigree Dinosaur
Credit: Paper Graphic
We know it isn't quilling per se, but it's too cool not to be included
5. This Realistic Cross Section
Credit: Lisa Nilsson
It's not for the faint-hearted, but this realistic human body is impressive.
10. This Old Man
Credit: Yulia Brodskaya
According to the artist, "quilled paper is an excellent medium for creating wrinkles"
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Pumpkin carving can be a messy affair. It’s time consuming and difficult, but a must at Halloween. Unless… you make paper pumpkins instead! Use your papercrafting skills to whip up some beauties...
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Issue 88 of PaperCrafter magazine is out now! Whether you’re yet to start your Christmas crafting or you’re already in full swing, this issue is a must-have for festive inspiration. We...